Provider selection of evidence-based contraception guidelines in service provision: A study in India, Peru, and Rwanda

Evaluation and the Health Professions

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-21

  Len, Federico R ^a   Lundgren, Rebecka ^a   Jennings, Victoria ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contraception; Practice guidelines; Provider implementation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONTRACEPTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 38849199752     PISSN: 01632787     EISSN: 15523918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0163278707311868     Document Type: Article

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